Urigüen started to play tennis when he was 9 years old, choosing to focus on it when he was 11.

Urigüen competed at the 2009 Australian Open in the Boys Singles, where he made it to the semi-finals after being seeded second.

Urigüen also plays doubles, with Harry Fowler in Australia (seeded 4th, eliminated in the first round) and with Tennys Sandgren at the French Open (seeded 3rd, eliminated first round).

It was announced in April 2009 that he had signed to play with the University of Virginia Cavaliers men's tennis team.

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